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Designers: Sérgio Halaban, André Zatz Publisher: Arcane Wonders Year: 2014 MSRP: $34.99 Players: 3-5 Play Time: 60 Min Ages: 13+ Rules Available Online: Yes BGG: Sheriff of Nottingham Prelude Prince John is in Nottingham and the cities merchants are taking the opportunity to hock their wares during all the commotion. Some of them are even trying to smuggle in illicit goods for a bit of extra profit. Unfortunately, the …

Designers: Richard Garfield Publisher: IELLO Year: 2017 MSRP: $49.99 Players: 2-4 Play Time: 45 Min Ages: 12+ Rules Available Online: Yes BGG: Bunny Kingdom Prelude The Bunny King has sent out his Rabbit Lords to take control of territories in the New World and turn them into successful Fiefs. The Lords must build cities, gather resources, and complete tasks for the king to be build up the …

Designers: Lester Smith Publisher: SFR, Inc. Year (Undead Rerelease): 2017 MSRP: $9.95 per Kicker Players: 2-4 Play Time: 30 Min Ages: 10+ Rules Available Online: Yes BGG: Dragon Dice Around 2 years ago I reviewed the latest (at the time) Starter Set for Dragon Dice. It was actually split into two posts, one where I reviewed an unboxed version and a followup …

Designers: Steve Jackson Publisher: Steve Jackson Games Year: 2017 MSRP: $29.95 Players: 3-6 Play Time: 60-120 Min Ages: 10+ Rules Available Online: Yes BGG: Munchkin Shakespeare Deluxe Prelude The works of Shakespeare are well known for their comedy, tragedy, puns, and betrayal. Kind of perfect for the world of Munchkin! Love it or hate it, Munchkin is a powerhouse that doesn’t seem to be slowing down anytime soon. …

Designers: David Freeman Publisher: Ninja Division Year: 2017 MSRP: $59.95 Players: 2-4 Play Time: 30 Min Ages: 14+ Rules Available Online: No Prelude It’s been a long a hard road for Rail Raiders Infinite, Ninja Division’s sci-fi train heist game. There have been a few woes, and that’s putting it mildly, with delivering the game to Kickstarter backers. I think even now there’s a fair group …

Designers: Austin Braine Publisher: Braine Games Year: 2014 MSRP: $19.95 Players: 3-5 Play Time: 10 Min Ages: 13+ Rules Available Online: Yes BGG: Alien Prelude In Alien Entity players are planetary researchers trapped on a hostile planet while an alien tries to infect the crew. The only way off-planet is to construct a satellite array and call for help. Killing the alien any infected crew members will also do. …

Better late than never. Picked up Doom: The Board Game over the holidays. If you own any of Fantasy Flight’s Star Wars Imperial Assault box sets, then you know what to expect. Here it goes. Inside the box, you will find: •1 Rule Reference Guide •1 Operations Guide •1 Learn to Play Guide •37 plastic figures (4 Marines and 33 …

It’s time for a Tao Long unboxing! Thundergryph Games wrapped a successful campaign for Tao Long last year and backers are finally starting to get their copies in the mail. I just received a Deluxe version of the game and just had to take some pictures. This version comes in a beautiful magnetic box with a sleeve covering it, a …

Designers: Henri Kermarrec Publisher: The Creativity Hub Year: 2017 MSRP: $15 Players: 2-6 Play Time: 10-15 Min Ages: 8+ Rules Available Online: Yes BGG: Blank Prelude I first saw Blank at PAX Unplugged 2017 while checking out Untold at The Creativity Hub’s booth. Blank is a card game filled with possibilities. While the basic mechanics of the game are simple, players will be adding new rules and new …